Re: /dev/dsp and /dev/video over network

From: /dev/rob0 (rob0_at_gmx.co.uk)
Date: 07/22/03


Date: Tue, 22 Jul 2003 07:15:21 -0700


[followup-to set again]
In article <a7e330bc.0307220219.17001530@posting.google.com>,
  Fred Phase wrote:
>> > Have you tried nfs exporting/mounting the /dev directory? Just a
>>
>> No, that wouldn't work. Well, you COULD do it, but the device nodes
>> would all point to your local devices. Understand what a device node is:
>
> Just out of curiosity, what happens with devfs in this case?

Never tried it, but if it works (and I expect it would) all the device
nodes would be just like standard on-disk device nodes. But devfs would
only create the nodes needed for the nfsd machine! I don't think it
would be very useful.

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